by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
L'onda dal mar divisa
Bagna la valle e'l monte,
Va passeggera
In fiume,

Va prigioniera
In fonte,
Mormora sempre e geme
Fin che non torna al mar:

Al mar, dov' ella nacque,
Dove acquistò gli umori
Dove da'lunghi errori
Spera di riposar.

The text appears in Artaserse, atto III, scena I (Arbace's aria).

Composition:

    Set to music by Leonardo Vinci (1690 - 1730), "L'onda del mar divisa", HelN 78 no. 24 (1730), first performed 1730 [ 2 horns, 2 oboes, strings, soprano voice, and continuo ], from opera Artaserse, no. 24

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This text was added to the website: 2009-10-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 42